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Context

The NVQL program is intended as a national, community-driven effort supporting the integration and translation of quantum technology from fundamental science and engineering to use-inspired applications.

Overview

Our SCY-QNet project will draw together expertise and talent from a broad range of disciplines to enable the creation and application of functional long-distance quantum networks. This federated NQVL testbed, which will be developed and led by the quantum network community, is designed to enable a plethora of users to contribute to advances in Quantum Information Science and Engineering.

Purpose

In this SCY-QNet Town Hall, we will explore how to coordinate a federated quantum network infrastructure and establish mechanisms to enable members to use the SCY-QNet virtual laboratory. Our SCY-QNet Town Hall meeting seeks community input to foster open scientific dialogue, to collect baseline data to aid in the development of a diverse workforce development plan, and to ensure the broad participation of the entire QISE community. As part of this gathering, we will host the first Quantum Networking Domestic Cooperation (QNDC) meeting on the second day of the Town Hall.  

The outcomes of this event will be:

1.Addressing the specific requirements of functional quantum networks,

2.Refining the science questions regarding building quantum repeaters,

3.Identifying enabling quantum communication and network technologies, risks, and gaps

4.Identifying critical partnerships and dependencies to carry on the construction of SCY-QNet.

 

Strategic Development Plan

Lastly, an important document, the “SCY-QNet Strategic Plan,” will be developed. This community-driven document will help our collaboration to define SCY-QNet proposed applications, the methods involved to deliver the quantum network facility, and the phased-approach engineering of the steps to deliver SCY-QNet as a virtual laboratory accessible to the entire quantum network community.

Meeting Details

Date: February 27-28th, 2025

Location: SUNY Global center, 116th East 55th Street, New York, 10022

Registration is by invitation only

Registration: Registration link 

Stay: For your convenience, we secured a block of rooms at the Courtyard Marriott Midtown East Hotel, 866 Third Avenue, NYC. Please use this link to make your hotel reservation by Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

Also the Hilton Garden Inn Hilton Manhattan-Midtown East

206 East 52nd Street, NYC. Reserve Room

Additional Lodging: Lex Urban Blakely Hotel, 136 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019.  All guests will need to book by 11:59 pm on February 7th. 

 
 
Day one
 
 

Check in & Breakfast

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

 

 

Opening Remarks

8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Speakers:

Nina Muang (Senior Associate Vice President for Research, Office for Research and Innovation, Stony Brook University)

Shadi Shahedipour-Sandvik (Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development, State University of New York)

Carl Lejuez (Executive Vice President and Provost, Stony Brook University)

 

QNTH Organizational Remarks

8:45-9:00 a.m

Speaker: Eden Figueroa (Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory)

 

Quantum Networks in China

9:00-9:50 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Jan-Wei Pan (University of Science and Technology of China, Virtual) 

 

Quantum Networks in Singapore

9:50-10:30 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Alexander Ling (Centre for Quantum Technologies-Singapore, Virtual)

 

Break

10:30 - 10:50 a.m

 

 

Quantum Networks in Sweden

10:50 - 11:30 p.m

Speaker: Prof. Val Zwiller (KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Virtual)

 

Quantum Networks in Germany I

11:30-12:10 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Jürgen Eschner (Saarland University,)

 

Lunch 

12:10 - 1:10 p.m.

 

 

Quantum Networks in Germany II

1:10 - 1:50 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Klaus Jöns (Paderborn University)

 

Quantum Networks from a Theoretical Point of View

1:50-2:20 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Don Towsley (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

 

Free Space Quantum Networks

2:20-2:50 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Paul Kwiat (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

 

Break

2:50 - 3:10 p.m

 

 

NQVL I (SCY-QNET)

3:10 - 3:40 p.m

Speaker: Prof. Eden Figueroa (Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory)

 

NQVL II (ASPEN-NET)

3:40-4:10 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Brian Smith (University of Oregon)

 

Quantum Networks in Canada

4:10-4:40 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Ebrahim Karimi (University of Ottowa)

 

Refreshments

4:40 - 5:00 p.m.

 

 

Quantum Networks Townhall Open Mic

5:00-5:45 p.m.

 

 

NQVL SCY-QNet Poster Session

5:45 - 6:30 p.m.

 

 

Conference Dinner

7:30 pm

Cellini Restaurant, 65 East 54 Street, NYC

 
 
 
Day two 
 
 

Check in & Breakfast

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

 

 

Opening remarks

8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Speakers: Nina Maung (Stony Brook University)

Kevin Gardner (Stony Brook University)

Chang Kee Jung (Stony Brook University)

 

Recap of Day 1

8:45-9:00 am

Speaker: Eden Figueroa (Stony Brook University)

 

Quantum Networks Progress, Roadblocks, and Opportunities

9:00 - 9:50 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Joe Lukins (Purdue University)

 

QN Testbed I (SCY-QNET)

9:50-10:10 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Sebastian Will (Columbia University)

 

QN testbed II (QUANT-NET)

10:10-10:30 a.m

Speaker: Dr. Erhan Saglamyurek (Lawrence Berkely National Lab)

 

Coffee & Snacks

10:30 - 10:50 a.m

 

 

QN Testbed III (CQN)

10:50 - 11:10 a.m

Speaker: Dr. Chaohan Cui (University of Maryland)

 

QN Testbed IV (AFRL-DQNT)

11:10-11:30 a.m.

Speaker: Dr. Erin Sheridan (Air Force Research Laboratory)

 

QN Testbed V (ASPEN-NET)

11:30-11:50 a.m.

Speaker: Dr. Krister Shalm (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

 

QN Testbed VI (GothamQ)

11:50-12:10 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Mehdi Namazi (Qunnect Inc.)

 

Lunch

12:10 - 1:10 p.m.

 

 

Quantum Networks Time Synchronization

1:10 - 1:50 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Julian Martinez (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

 

Quantum Network Universal Solution II

1:50-2:20 p.m.

Speaker: Ya-Shian Li-Baboud (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and Dr. Wayne McKenzie (Laboratory for Telecommunication Sciences)

 

Quantum Teleportation in the Deployed Fiber

2:20-2:50 p.m.

Speaker: Jordan Thomas (Northwestern University)

 

Coffee & Snacks

2:50 - 3:10 p.m

 

 

QN Industry Collaboration Talk I

3:10 - 3:40 p.m

Speaker: Dr. Thomas Gerrits (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

 

QN Industry Collaboration Talk II

3:40 - 4:10 p.m

Speaker: Dr. Julian Martinez (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

 

Facilitating Industry Collaboration Panel

4:10-4:40 p.m

Chairs: Dr. Elliot Mason (Quantum Economic Development Consortium) and Dr. Julian Martinez  (Brookhaven National Lab). 

Panelists: Dr. Mehdi Namazi (Qunnect), Michael Cubeddu (Aliro Quantum), Corey McClelland (Qubitekk), Dr. Arun Jagannathan (IonQ), Dr. Poolad Imany (Icarus Quantum) and John Prisco  (Safe Quantum).

 

Day 2 Closing Remarks

4:40 - 5:00 p.m.

Speakers: Sebastian Will (Columbia University)

Hong Tang (Yale University)